Liu Mingzhi stopped in the living room and sat quietly for a while. When he heard the servants serving tea to Wei Yong, he got up and walked towards the front of the hall laughing.
"I was just talking, why are the magpies standing on the branches outside the window and chirping non-stop early in the morning? It turns out that there are distinguished guests coming to the door.
It will really bring glory to the humble abode to have Mr. Wei, the Prime Minister of Wei, one of the ministers and assistants of the court, pay a visit."
Wei Yong, who was about to drink tea, heard Young Master Liu's smiling voice, gently put down his tea cup, stood up and bowed to Young Master Liu.
"I've seen King Bingjian."
Young Master Liu cupped his fists and returned the salute, walked towards the main seat and sat down.
"Prime Minister Wei, please sit down and have a cup of coarse tea. I hope Prime Minister Wei won't dislike it."
"Thank you."
Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea that his servants had prepared for him, held the tea lid and gently played with the tea foam on the tea surface, and looked at Wei Yong with interest.
"Prime Minister Wei is here. What advice do you have?"
With a faint smile on his lips, Wei Yong looked at Young Master Liu and took a sip of tea: "I don't want to take advice seriously. I came to visit my old colleagues and let you know that I have been reinstated. I came to the ground specially.
Greetings, I plan to have a big banquet at my house in a few days for guests and friends, and I hope to sit down in a humble house with the king's honor and drink a few glasses of wine."
Liu Mingzhi looked astonished: "Really? That's really congratulations.
You are my senior. If I do something wrong in the future, I would like to ask Prime Minister Wei to give me some advice. I will definitely be grateful.
As long as I am still in the capital, the King of Japan will definitely come to congratulate me when Prime Minister Wei holds a banquet."
While he was saying the words of friendship, Liu Mingzhi kept muttering in his heart.
Guessing the real purpose of the old fox Wei Yong's visit, Liu Mingzhi knew since the last conversation that this old fox was definitely not an ordinary person.
My mind is deep and deep.
I thought that Li Ye's suggestion that he would reinstate his official position was just an idea, but he didn't expect that it would be implemented so quickly.
The old fox official has been reinstated. Has this old guy Lao Jiang been reinstated as well?
What about those officials who were implicated because of Ren Wenyue?
Wei Yong looked at Young Master Liu's eyes that were wandering around, and put the tea cup back with a smile.
"Your Majesty, are you humiliating me?"
"Don't you dare? Why did Prime Minister Wei say this? How dare I humiliate you, a high-ranking member of the dynasty appointed by His Majesty? If this reaches the ears of Old Man Xia, I will be accused of defying the Holy Majesty.
By then, if I have some rights, I am afraid that I will not be able to live without it, and Prime Minister Wei will not dare to talk nonsense."
"Haha, the prince's words are really interesting and tight, and there is no leakage!"
"We are officials in the same dynasty, and although we have the same rank, looking at the world, who doesn't know that you, the king of the same dynasty, are invisibly superior to me and my childish appearance.
Although I don’t know what to call the upper half, everyone in the world thinks so.
Why does the prince call himself despicable?"
"Excellence, Prime Minister Wei really praises me. This is just what some mediocre people think. In fact, I am not even the slightest bit worse than Prime Minister Wei.
You, who have been before you for a long time, are the central ministers.
Who in the world doesn't know that the real high-ranking and powerful ministers of Dalong are those ranked in the second class.
The king must also listen to the decrees you formulate and implement.
At best, I am the King of Side by Side, but at worst, isn't it just a border guard general who has been demoted to a border post? Is he far away from the court?
Compared with you, the important ministers of the Great Dragon Center? I am really ashamed of myself.
Alas, the world is changing? Is it capricious? To put it disrespectfully, it is said that once the emperor is the emperor, there is always one courtier. This king, who wanted to get wind and rain in the capital, has finally fallen out of favor.
The bitter cold place that has guarded the border for generations has no connection with a prosperous place like the capital.
From now on, you seniors, will you have to keep your past friendship in mind? Just be merciful."
Listening to Young Master Liu's meaningful words, Wei Yong raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth and called a little fox in his belly.
"Your Majesty, your words are too strong."
"It's not serious. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If you borrow this sentence and put it in the court, it will have the same effect.
A distant king is not as good as a close minister.
If you have a grudge? Can you say something to slander me? The mountains are high and the road is far, so I can only listen.
Therefore, Mr. Wei, Prime Minister of Wei, please be merciful and leave some way for me to survive."
"Haha... Your Majesty, please forgive me for not agreeing. In my position, do you want to pursue your own affairs? Now that I have been restored to my original position, I will naturally do what I should do."
Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes and looked at Wei Yong calmly: "I am confused and cannot understand the meaning of what Prime Minister Wei said."
"Do you really understand, Your Majesty? Or do you pretend to be confused, since I have already told you the truth? As for how Your Majesty understands, that is His business."
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly and nodded: "Prime Minister Wei is a real villain!"
“That’s ridiculous!”
"I wonder what Prime Minister Wei plans to do after he returns to court?"
"Of course it's the same as before? Killing loyal people? Making friends and eliminating dissidents."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong's candid expression and nodded with a strange expression: "Xiang Wei's words are indeed sincere, but they are inevitably a bit harsh."
"I can't help it. What kind of people are needed above me will naturally be what I want to do. Otherwise, I won't be reinstated, right? What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong, who had a slightly thoughtful look on his face, nodded with a complex expression, stood up and walked out of the hall, stopped and looked at the scenery in the courtyard: "What kind of people are needed above, just be that kind of person.
Thorough, really thorough.
It is no accident that Prime Minister Wei is able to dominate the government and the public, and that he is a highly respected minister."
Wei Yong stood up and stopped next to Young Master Liu: "Isn't it true that the prince is like this!"
"Besides hosting a banquet, Prime Minister Wei must have other things to do when he comes here."
"Your Majesty is really quick-thinking. I came here this time to see my future opponents."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes narrowed and he looked at Wei Yong in surprise: "Mr. Wei, must he be wrong? Your future opponent should be the first Tong Mansion on Zhuque Street. Did you make the wrong choice when you came to this king's house?"
place.
I don’t think that a vassal king like me will become the opponent of Prime Minister Wei.
Your opponent is above the court."
"Haha... The prince should know very well who my opponent is. Does the prince think that given the current situation in the court, Tong Xiang is still qualified to be my opponent?
The opponent of the most treacherous minister who has power in the government should be the most loyal minister who is high in power. Although Tong Xiang is good, he is no longer suitable for the current situation, so naturally he cannot be a qualified opponent."
"The most loyal minister in the dynasty, Prime Minister Wei, it is true that I praise my king too highly.
I am truly ashamed to be called the most loyal minister of my dynasty."
"Whether the prince is the most loyal minister in the dynasty is not a matter of what the prince thinks, but how others view the prince.
As for whether the prince is the most loyal, does it matter?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong sadly: "The important thing is that the number one traitor needs an opponent, right?"
"Your Majesty is very talented, but what Your Majesty said is wrong. It's not that I, the most treacherous official in the dynasty, needs an opponent. It's that the powerful Prince needs an opponent.
It can be said that if I am reinstated as an official, you will be honored by the honor of the prince."
"Haha...he has a high position and great authority.
Alas, does Mr. Wei think that this king is a powerful person?"
"Not only that. To say that you are so powerful is not an exaggeration. You, who stand side by side, are on the shoulders of the late emperor.
Otherwise, we would not have the title of Second Emperor."
Liu Mingzhi's face changed with shock, and he looked at Wei Yong with a sinister look.
"Second Emperor? What Second Emperor?"
Wei Yong looked at Young Master Liu's suddenly murderous eyes, without any sign of panic.
With a faint smile, he took out a letter of paper from his arms and stuffed it into Young Master Liu's hand.
"It seems that my trip is worthwhile, and the prince is indeed a qualified opponent.
Farewell!"
Liu Mingzhi stared at Wei Yongwen's back, glanced around, took the letter and walked towards the back of the hall.
Opening the letter, Liu Mingzhi looked at the contents on the paper, his face gradually darkened.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi lit the rice paper with a fire folding stick and threw it into the brazier.
He rushed towards the study with a fierce look in his eyes.